ACharacter::GetMesh

function Engine Since 4.0

#include "GameFramework/Character.h"

Access: public Specifiers: inlineconst

Description

Returns the character's skeletal mesh component (the Mesh subobject). Use this to access the mesh for animation, socket queries, material changes, or attachment.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns the pointer directly without null-checking. In rare edge cases (e.g., if the component was explicitly destroyed at runtime), the pointer can be null — guard with a null check when calling from code paths that may run on partially initialised actors.
• The returned component is the root visual mesh, not the capsule. Collision queries should use the CapsuleComponent; visual attachment, sockets, and animation state belong on this mesh.

Signature

inline class USkeletalMeshComponent* GetMesh() const

Return Type

USkeletalMeshComponent*

Example

Playing a montage on the character mesh C++

UAnimInstance* AnimInstance = GetMesh()->GetAnimInstance();
if (AnimInstance && HitReactMontage)
{
    AnimInstance->Montage_Play(HitReactMontage);
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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